Dami Ajayi is a Nigerian psychiatrist, poet, and cultural critic. His essays on music and culture have appeared in The Africa Report, Chimurenga Chronic, Afropolitan Vibes Magazine, Lost in Lagos Magazine, Global Voices, Music in Africa, The Republic, and The Elephant. He is the author of the poetry collection Clinical Blues (2022, shortlisted for the Melita Hume Prize and longlisted for the Wole Soyinka Prize for African Literature) and A Woman’s Body is a Country (2017, finalist for the Glenna Luschei Prize. He lives in London, UK.